How hot can the Universe truly get? Enter the Planck Temperature,a mind-blowing 1.416784 × 10³² Kelvin. This is not just ...

The Planck scale sets the universe’s minimum limit, beyond which the laws of physics break. In the late 1890s, physicist Max Planck proposed a set of units to simplify the expression of physics laws.

IN a broadcast talk on Max Planck, in which whole-hearted tribute was paid to his great work, I used the words, "If I hesitate to put Planck on a level with Newton and Einstein it must be partly ...